Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Master courses, full-time
Nominal duration	1 year
Study language	English
Awards	LLM

Entry qualification	Undergraduate diploma (or higher) A degree with an high 2:2.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.5 overall (with a minimum component score of 5.5 except for 6.0 in writing) CAE: C

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. Reference should be written on official letterhead, signed and dated. Please upload it in the Documents section. CV

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=PG00644&subgroup=1

Overview

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Programme structure

Year 1

Dissertation: LLM International Trade Law
International Trade Finance Law
Carriage of Goods By Sea
Foundation Essay for International Trade Law
International Sale of Goods
European Union Law and Human Rights (optional)
Legal Research and the English Legal System (optional)
Approaches to Legal Theory (optional)
International Commercial Dispute Resolution I (optional)
Public International Trade Law (optional)
Legal Aspects of Electronic Commercial Transactions (optional)
Marine Insurance I (optional)
Maritime Law and Wet Shipping (optional)
International Financial Law (optional)
Cybercrime (optional)
Data Protection (optional)
Freedom of Expression, Privacy and the Media (optional)
The Legal Order of the European Union (optional)
EU Private International Law (optional)
The Economics of the European Union (optional)
The Enlargement of the European Union (optional)
Foundation Essay for Europen Union Commercial Law (optional)
EU Company Law (optional)
International Commercial and Business Law: Models, Principles and Tools (optional)
International Trade, Investment and Human Rights. (optional)
Business and Human Rights (optional)
Work-Based Project (optional)
Contemporary Issues in Human Rights and Cultural Diversity (optional)

Career opportunities

Our School of Law graduates have gone on to a wide variety of careers in international and intergovernmental organisations or employment with governments across the world, in commerce and banking, in non-governmental organisations and, as might be expected, in the legal profession and the judiciary.